#E8A159#E8A159

#E8A159 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.122 H 64.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A159
RGB	rgb(232, 161, 89)
HSL	hsl(30, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(30, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, 19.23, 47.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 51.16, 67.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% 0.0526 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.122 64.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.8298, 43.3707, 15.3016)
Luminance	0.4337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A159 #59A0E8

analogous

#E85A59 #E8A159 #E7E859

triadic

#E8A159 #59E8A1 #A159E8

tetradic

#E8A159 #59E85A #59A0E8 #E859E7

square

#E8A159 #59E85A #59A0E8 #E859E7

split-complementary

#E8A159 #59E7E8 #5A59E8

monochromatic

#AE6418 #E18323 #E8A159 #EFBF8F #F7DEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#E8A159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#E8A159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A159

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A159	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 161, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.122 64.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3bd8a',
    500: '#e8a159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a159;
$custom-light: #f3bd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.21,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76405,
    "c": 0.1223,
    "h": 64.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A159

secondary

#B5CEE8

accent

#72D80E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A159

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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